يا مَن يُحاصر وَجده في نَفسِهِ

يا مَن يُحاصر وَجده في نَفسِهِ

وَيُحاذر الرَقباء أَن يتَنَفَسا

وَيُحاذر الرَقباء أَن يتَنَفَسا

O you who confine your passion within yourself,

O you whose anguish besieges his own soul

And, wary of the watchers, fear to breathe,

And who fears eavesdroppers when taking a breath

زَفرات همِّك قَد أَصابَت فُرصة

زَفرات همِّك قَد أَصابَت فُرصة

فَخَرَجنَ لَما أَن شَمَمنا النَرجِسا

فَخَرَجنَ لَما أَن شَمَمنا النَرجِسا

The sighs of your sorrow have found an opportunity;

The sighs of your worries have found an opportunity

So they came forth when we smelled the narcissus.

So they came out when we smelled the narcissus